Awards Season Feature Post

Carol Keeping a tally of the (wins/nominations) for this year's awards season. Scroll down way below to see which Awards are being...

Dec 9, 2013

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 2013

LAFCA had the daunting task of choosing from such a wide and exquisite variety of work. I know that because they were so conflicted that 3 ties ended up happening. Poor LA Critics! So the best picture prize went to both Gravity and Her while Alfonso Cuaron won best director. Gravity is definitely back with a vengeance. Those who thought it was loosing steam can see what is happening right now. That marks the first win for Gravity in the main category. On the other hand, we had ties in actress category with Blanchett and Exarchopoulos while also in supporting actor category with Leto and...wait for it... James Franco. To my delight, Before Midnight won screenplay prize while Stories We Tell won documentary. Another surprise was animation Ernest & Celestine beating The Wind Rises. Overall today, we can say that there is no clear consensus on which film is the frontrunner in whatever category. That is actually a good thing. Every film from Gravity to Enough Said won something or the other today. This is what I mean when I say that awards season are fun. I love seeing different films with different stories and achievements get recognized.Here is the full list of all the winners:Best Picture:(Tie) Gravity & HerBest Director: Alfonso Cuaron, GravityBest Actor: Bruce Dern, NebraskaBest Actress:(Tie) Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine & Adele Exarchopoulos, Blue Is the Warmest ColorBest Supporting Actor:(Tie) James Franco, Spring Breakers & Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers ClubBest Supporting Actress: Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a SlaveBest Screenplay: Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy & Ethan Hawke, Before MidnightBest Foreign Language Film: Blue Is the Warmest ColorBest Animation: Ernest & CelestineBest Documentary: Stories We TellBest Editing: GravityBest Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki, GravityBest Production Design: HerBest Music Score: Inside Llewyn DavisDouglas Edwards Independent/Experimental Film/Video Award: Cabinets Of Wonder: Films and a Performance by Charlotte Pryce